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Vaccination card, the one that is given to you after you get your first and second vaccines so the pharmacist or whoever is giving the vaccine can check to see what vaccine you received. but you do not necessarily have to go back to the original site where you received your primary immunizations. >> and then on this issue of mixing and matching, jackie asks, can i get the pfizer booster if i had the moderna vaccine? can she? >> yeah, another excellent question that the fda and both the acip are going to have it talk about. so, today, at today's meeting of the fda, there will be a talk of this ...

Getting the illness than treating it once you have it. the fact it's given by mouth, about 50% effective this preventing hospitalization and on the small numbers, 100% effective preventing deaths, it is an advance, but you'd rather prevent getting infected than treating yourself once you're already infected. >> and fda vaccine advisers meet this week to discuss authorizing boosters for people who got the moderna and j&j vaccine, and for the sake of transparency, you're one of those alleged visors. you'll be part of that conversation. assuming that both boosters receive that fda authorization, ...

That same council that we watched just a couple of weeks ago for booster recommendations. at that point, once acip makes recommendations, then the cdc director, dr. walensky, gets to make her decisions. there's a bunch of steps still to come. most of us in the public health community are expecting we'll see approvals of vaccines for this younger age group some time in early november in a best case scenario. >> parents are anxious for that. the new antiviral pill from merck is showing lots of promise right now but dr. fauci is reminding people that the best bet is still avoiding infection and t...

Hospitals are seeing an alarming number of pregnant women seriously sick from COVID-19.

>> good afternoon, very happy to be here. no, i don't think she led to further confusion. i think she demonstrated sound and accountable leadership. what we don't usually see is the scientific process unfold right before our eyes, and we're seeing that, and i have heard some of my peers describe it as sausage making. i was surprised by acip, that they did not recommend boosters for those who work in occupations where they have an increased risk. so the director got it right. i think where the confusion actually sprang forth is when the white house gave such a definitive date, saying that all a...